FUNimation Dragon Box Z #1 (In-Hands) Discussion

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Post by Hao_Kaiser » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:25 pm

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Yeah, the DragonBox version definitely sounds a lot less muffled. Glad to know I won't have to turn the volume way up when I want to watch DBZ, now.
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Post by Kingdom Heartless » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:34 pm

Whoa, checking out how much it's going to cost me to import this to Australia... I'm paying the same as I did for the first season set!

A vastly superior release with more episodes getting shipped to another country for the same price as the season set!

That's freaking sweet!
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Post by Castor Troy » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:37 pm

How do the super intense fight scenes look? Any visible pixelation?

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Post by Smooth Criminal » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:38 pm

Just out of curiosity, how many people tune into the podcast regularly? Is there a way to track those numbers? Surely, this group must represent the "hardcore" fanbase that funi is looking toward.

I just really hope I'm wrong about the small userbase, and that there are tens of thousands of unnamed fanatics out there who have kept up to date with releases and are ready to buy this.

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Post by DemonRin » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:40 pm

Smooth Criminal wrote:Just out of curiosity, how many people tune into the podcast regularly? Is there a way to track those numbers? Surely, this group must represent the "hardcore" fanbase that funi is looking toward.

I just really hope I'm wrong about the small userbase, and that there are tens of thousands of unnamed fanatics out there who have kept up to date with releases and are ready to buy this.
Are you just curious about how well it'll sell, or are you still afraid the release might still get canceled?

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Smooth Criminal wrote:Just out of curiosity, how many people tune into the podcast regularly? Is there a way to track those numbers? Surely, this group must represent the "hardcore" fanbase that funi is looking toward.
There are approximately three people that download the podcast each week. I am one of them.
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Post by KillerCory » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:49 pm

Castor Troy wrote:How do the super intense fight scenes look? Any visible pixelation?
Looks good, couldn't see any pixelation.
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Post by Freeza Heika » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:49 pm

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Smooth Criminal wrote:Just out of curiosity, how many people tune into the podcast regularly? Is there a way to track those numbers? Surely, this group must represent the "hardcore" fanbase that funi is looking toward.
There are approximately three people that download the podcast each week. I am one of them.
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Post by hunterxhunter21 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:53 pm

I'm half a download, if that can some how work?
Smooth Criminal wrote:I just really hope I'm wrong about the small userbase, and that there are tens of thousands of unnamed fanatics out there who have kept up to date with releases and are ready to buy this.
Someone said a few pages back that it was moving up in the amazon numbers.
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Post by mysteriousdbzgt » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:58 pm

Freeza Heika wrote:
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Smooth Criminal wrote:Just out of curiosity, how many people tune into the podcast regularly? Is there a way to track those numbers? Surely, this group must represent the "hardcore" fanbase that funi is looking toward.
There are approximately three people that download the podcast each week. I am one of them.
I knew it! I knew I was one of the only ones to download it, but who is the third...?
The third one must be me then.
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Post by Ex-Dubbie369 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:00 pm

G1Ravage wrote:After the last episode on a disc plays, you're treated to a black, silent screen as English credits scroll by. Necessary, I'm sure, to properly credit the people who worked on the dub, since there are no English credits with the episodes themselves.

The English credits were clearly ripped from the UUE's. They list every character's voice for Episodes 1 through 42 in one go, and credit Mark Menza for the opening and closing themes. :roll: Thanks, did you really have to remind us of what used to be? There's not a spec of dub music anywhere on these sets, THANK GOD, so why even mention his name?
Actually, the weird thing about these credits is that there are credits for characters that don't even appear in these episodes, such as Upa and Bora. Also, I think they are actually taken from the Season Sets since Steve Franco from Video Post & Transfer is credited as colorist.

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Post by VegettoEX » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:01 pm

Ex-Dubbie369 wrote:Actually, the weird thing about these credits is that there are credits for characters that don't even appear in these episodes, such as Upa and Bora. Also, I think they are actually taken from the Season Sets since Steve Franco from Video Post & Transfer is credited as colorist.
:shock:

OK, that's pretty lazy and insulting.
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Post by russ869 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:01 pm

email2003 wrote:
russ869 wrote: So were these extras stripped from the single disc versions? Or are the Dragonbox singles the exact same disc authoring as the boxset?
Go here: http://www.kanzentai.com/dvd.php?id=dbox_z1

This will explain everything. :)
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VegettoEX wrote:There are approximately three people that download the podcast each week. I am one of them.
With Meri and Julian being the other 2, right?

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Post by Ex-Dubbie369 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:05 pm

Also, if we wanna be nitpicky, I also caught in the synopsis for episode 1 in the Dragonbook, they called the Tenkaichi Tournament the "World" Tournament, even though it is labeled correctly in the rest of the book. Only instance I've seen of a dub term in the book.

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Post by G1Ravage » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:10 pm

Ex-Dubbie369 wrote:
G1Ravage wrote:After the last episode on a disc plays, you're treated to a black, silent screen as English credits scroll by. Necessary, I'm sure, to properly credit the people who worked on the dub, since there are no English credits with the episodes themselves.

The English credits were clearly ripped from the UUE's. They list every character's voice for Episodes 1 through 42 in one go, and credit Mark Menza for the opening and closing themes. :roll: Thanks, did you really have to remind us of what used to be? There's not a spec of dub music anywhere on these sets, THANK GOD, so why even mention his name?
Actually, the weird thing about these credits is that there are credits for characters that don't even appear in these episodes, such as Upa and Bora. Also, I think they are actually taken from the Season Sets since Steve Franco from Video Post & Transfer is credited as colorist.
Are there any flashbacks to Upa and Bora in the first 42? You know how FUNi *has* to provide voices and grunts to flashbacks, even if they were completely silent in the original.

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Post by Kendamu » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:15 pm

G1Ravage wrote:Are there any flashbacks to Upa and Bora in the first 42? You know how FUNi *has* to provide voices and grunts to flashbacks, even if they were completely silent in the original.
Probably not. They credited Steve Franko. These are likely incorrect credits.

Good thing I don't care about some random silent dub credit scroll at the very end.
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Post by Slickmasterfunk » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:31 pm

Ok, so my set came today and it's awesome...except that the second book of DVDs' plastic is all cracked and actually missing a chunk and it wasn't even rattling around in the box anywhere! It's just gone! I can tell it got broken during manufacturing and not shipping because the outer yellow box is completely fine and hasn't been crushed at all. It's not a huge deal because everything else and most importantly the discs aren't damaged, but damn. Way to ruin such a pristine looking package.

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Post by russ869 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:32 pm

G1Ravage wrote:Are there any flashbacks to Upa and Bora in the first 42?
You don't remember? They show up in one of the Saiyan arc episodes where Upa and his father encounter an angry Launch stealing from their tipi.

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Post by hunterxhunter21 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:34 pm

That sucks, I would return it. Am I the only one that has trouble getting the books out? When I turn it to its side the Dragon Book falls out, then disc 4-6 comes out very slow. I then have to put my hand inside the box to pull out disc 1-3.
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Post by Freeza Heika » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:35 pm

Slickmasterfunk wrote:EPIC Sadness
If I were you, I would return it for an new one. It is the DRAGONBOX after all. It is probably worth the effort of exchanging it to have a fully-pristine package.

Seeing it makes me sad and it isn't even mine. :cry:
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